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Requirements: Be a Gold or higher member or have been a member of the forums since 6/2023 with at least 100 posts in the Traditional Forum. Preorder is for people who live in the continental US only, international orders will be separate.Delivery expected in Q4 2024, hopefully before the holidays.
Great pictures and explanations, thanks, I'm starting to understand this. Now I just have to get up the nerve to go out in the woods and try it...starting with just a piece of paracord and using raw materials...right.
Love that Birch bark!! Nice set
Why just practice over the summer?
The winter is usually wet, and materials are hard to come by.. Yet, this is truely the time to practice. Learn where you can find dry materials. What works for a base, and what doesn't? The coal even ACTS differently in a colder environment.
My suggestion would be to practice like mad NOW. If you can successfully use a bow drill in the winter, I dare say you can do it just about anywhere/time.
One caveat: I must have made 100 attempts before I started one fire. Be prepared for many failures. During this time, pay attention to your base, and how it's made. There in lies the key!
Here is an image I picked up somewhere along the way..
Whoooo HOOOOO!
That's the answer I want to hear.
I have maple right out my door (Box elder).
60 seconds, now we are talking. Heck, even 5 minutes is fine.
I'll try it.
Spindle and board should always be the same wood...